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Letter from Fred Hoshiyama to Joseph R. Goodman, sent from Topaz shortly after arriving by train. Hoshiyama describes the surrounding environment, living conditions, extreme temperatures, and dust. He mentions high regard for the top camp administrators, as well as concern that incarcerees are being transferred to centers before living conditions have adequately been met. He writes that there is a lot of gambling among incarcerees which he sees as a problem that should be dealt with in a self-government council, and not with camp administration. Other topics include work and labor, camp construction, Protestant and Buddhist religious services, self-government structure, declining quality of the food, late-night gatherings in the shower rooms, ability for incarcerees to seek medical care when needed, and education services. Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
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text
Format
Correspondence 4 pages, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Religion World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Medical care and health issues World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Construction
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